Scott Johnston #6.

Tape hiss makes me happy.

Mr. Clean tries out for the Zero team with a kinked handrail attack. Scott actually had a few other photos around this time where he was skating some rails.

Thrasher - March 2006 Volume 26 Number 3

Anthony Pappalardo #11.

Chocolate for a change.

Anthony did this trick in his part in Lakai's Fully Flared video from 2007. He switched over from the Alien Workshop to Chocolate in 2005.

I did skateboard at the new park in Jamestown on Sunday. The weather was nicer than in my section of the county. I liked parts of it, but I was unsure on a lot about the place. I'm going to skate it a couple more times before I form a complete opinion of the park. The potential for a smash up derby is high and it wouldn't take many people to make it far too crowded. I lucked out in that basically nobody was there. I also saw a duck fly over so that was cool.

Thrasher - February 2006 Volume 26 Number 2

Jason Adams #21.

This feels important.

The slash grind on the abrupt wall was Jason's last trick in Bag Of Suck, but I'm not sure this photo is from the same session as the video. I think in the picture he's wearing a different t-shirt than in the video. Jason was sporting a shirt for Hep Cat Records in Bag Of Suck and this doesn't look like the same design. The jeans and shoes do look the same. You also have to appreciate how they worked San Jose punk J.J. Rogers into the another ad.

I have secured directions to the new Jamestown skatepark and I intend to check out it this weekend on whichever day has better weather. It was 70˚ F yesterday so I hit up the Dunkirk park after work for a change of pace. I had a good time cruising around.

I've been into noseslides lately.

J.J. Rogers: Thrasher - February 2006 Volume 26 Number 2

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Louie Barletta #10.

The color purple.

Louie slashes a backside Smith grind on a board with a totally busted nose.

Thrasher - September 2006 Volume 26 Number 9

Matt Hensley #15.

Matt was always good for a mini ramp or odd warehouse obstacle photo in the later stages of his career. I like how he still looks in vintage form from the H-Street days.

Thrasher - August 2006 Volume 26 Number 8

Mike Rusczyk #7.

Last man well known to Kingpin.

Mike floats a sick ollie while J.J. Rogers chugs a beer. I like how Duffs brought the former Dogtown pro back into the spotlight a little.

Thrasher - June 2006 Volume 26 Number 6

Don "The Nuge" Nguyen #6.

"Gets cold in Oklahoma."

The Nuge goes over a rail and into a bank for Duffs. He would have been in an odd board sponsorship limbo in 2006. Don had ridden for Hollywood and Hellrose, but those both had come to an end. Josh Beagle was giving him Pig Wood boards and that turned into riding for Foundation.

It's a week of Duffs. Duffs started out as Steve Rocco's shoe company in the middle 1990s with some decent shoes and funny ads. At some time at the end of the decade, they became their own entity. I'm not really sure on all the details, who worked there, and how the company was structured. They kept it rolling up until about 2016. I think they had a BMX team in addition to skateboarders.

I guess I should have gone to the grand opening for the Jamestown skatepark. Creature's John Gardner was there to rip the place up.

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